Garment supporting system including tie therefor

Abstract

There is disclosed a garment supporting system in which a garment hanger having an aperture in the hooklike neck thereof is employed in combination with an elongated flexible tie having a less flexible segment located along its length, a gripping ring located at one end and a ring member at the opposite end to provide a system which permits transport of a plurality of garments in a controlled and facile manner.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A garment supporting system comprising in combination at least one garment supporting means provided with a hooklike neck having an aperture located therein and an elongated flexible tie having a less flexible segment located along the length thereof, gripping means disposed on one end and means located near the opposite end for passage of said gripping means and the elongated flexible portion of said tie adjacent thereto therethrough, said tie being disposed through the aperture in said garment supporting means, said gripping means and said elongated flexible portion of said tie being passed through the means for passage therethrough and said garment supporting means being supported on the less flexible segment of said tie, whereby a garment supported on said garment supporting means is transportable with greater ease and control by a user. 
     
     
       2. A garment supporting system according to claim 1 including a plurality of garment supporting means supported on the less flexible segment of the tie, whereby a plurality of garments supported on said garment supporting means are transportable with greater ease and control by a user. 
     
     
       3. A garment supporting system according to claim 1 wherein the tie is made of plastic. 
     
     
       4. A garment supporting system according to claim 3 wherein the tie is made of polyethylene. 
     
     
       5. A garment supporting system according to claim 3 wherein the tie is made of nylon. 
     
     
       6. A garment supporting system according to claim 3 wherein the tie is made of polyurethane. 
     
     
       7. A garment supporting system according to claim 2 wherein the enlarged less flexible segment of the tie is provided with a plurality of grooves in which each garment supporting means of the plurality of garment supporting means is supported. 
     
     
       8. A garment supporting means according to claim 1 wherein the garment supporting means is a metallic garment hanger. 
     
     
       9. A garment supporting system according to claim 1 wherein the garment supporting means is a plastic garment hanger. 
     
     
       10. A garment supporting system according to claim 2 wherein the garment support means is a plurality of metallic garment hangers. 
     
     
       11. A garment supporting system according to claim 2 wherein the garment supporting means is a plurality of plastic garment hangers. 
     
     
       12. A garment supporting system according to claim 1 wherein the tie comprises a flat ribbonlike, less flexible segment having elongated flexible portions extending from the opposite ends thereof with the gripping means located on the end of one of said portions and the means for passage of said gripping means located on the opposite end of the other portion. 
     
     
       13. A garment supporting system according to claim 12 wherein the gripping means and the means for passage of the gripping means therethrough are rings, the ring forming the gripping means being at least as large as the ring forming the means for passage of the gripping means. 
     
     
       14. A garment supporting system according to claim 12 wherein the flat, ribbonlike, less flexible segment is provided with a plurality of opening through the surface thereof for reception therethrough of the hooklike neck of the garment supporting means. 
     
     
       15. A garment supporting system according to claim 1 wherein the tie comprises a less flexible ring segment having two flexible ring segments disposed thereon, one of said ring segments being longer than the other. 
     
     
       16. A garment supporting system according to claim 1 wherein the tie comprises a elongated flexible member having a less flexible segment located along the length thereof and having ring segments disposed at opposite end thereof, one of said ring segments being longer than the other. 
     
     
       17. A garment supporting system according to claim 1 wherein the tie comprises two continuous flexible ring segments, one of said ring segments being longer than the other and including a less flexible segment disposed thereon and the other ring segment being disposed on the larger ring segment.